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Medical Caregivers and Their Own Preconceived Notions About Death In counseling it is always taught to keep one’s own preconceived notions or past out of the objective judgement during a session with a patient. The same should hold true for medical caregivers. This represents a large portion of doctors, nurses, social workers and even pastoral counselors. While counselors and social workers recognize the psychology behind death, many doctors are not trained in emotional caregiving. They tend to not treat the emotional symptoms but only the physical ones. Treating the disease overtakes treating the wholeness of the human person. With these things in